Poaceae
Thuarea

Thuarea involuta (G.Forst.) R.Br. ex Sm.

First published in A.Rees, Cycl. 35(II.70): [s.p.] (1817)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Madagascar, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Pacific. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Cook Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hainan, Hawaii, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Extinct in:

Sri Lanka

Introduced into:

Tokelau-Manihiki

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • George, A.S., Orchard, A.E. & Hewson, H.J. (eds.) (1993). Oceanic islands 2. Flora of Australia 50: 1-606. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Koyama, T. (1987). Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions: an identification manual: 1-570. Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Ananda Rao, T. & Ellis, J.L. (1995). Flora of Lakshadweep islands off the Malabar coast, peninsular India, with emphasis on phytogeographical distribution of plants. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 19: 235-250.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Camus, E.G. & Camus, A. in H. Lecomte (1922). Flore Générale de l'indo-Chine 1(3): 193-336.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • George, A.S., Orchard, A.E. & Hewson, H.J. (eds.) (1993). Oceanic islands 2. Flora of Australia 50: 1-606. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kobayashi, S. & Ono, M. (1987). A Revised List of Vascular Plants Indigenous and Introduced to the Bonin (Ogasawara) and the Volcano (Kazan) Islands. Ogasawara Research 13: 1-55.
  • Koyama, T. (1987). Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions: an identification manual: 1-570. Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Masamune, G. (1942). Enumeratio phanerogamarum Bornearum: 1-739. Taihoku, Formosa.
  • Morat, P. & Veillon, J.-M. (1985). Contributions à la conaissance de la végétation et de la flore de Wallis et Futuna. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section B, Adansonia 7: 259-329.
  • Peekel, P.G. (1984). Flora of the Bismarck Archipelago for Naturalists: 1-638. Office of Forests, Division of Botany, Lae, Papua New Guinea.
  • Ranasinghe, S. & al. (2020). The national red list 2020 - Conservation status of the flora of Sri Lanka: 1-254. Biodiversity secretariat, Ministry of environment and the national herbarium.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • Woodroffe, C.D. (1985). Vegetation and flora of Nui Atoll, Tuvalu. Atoll Research Bulletin 283: 1-18.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[V. Tlolahia] Tonga K003927263 Yes
Raynal, J. K003927231 Yes
ACS; JWP; PBT; D.K. Fiji K003927203 Yes
Florence, J. French Polynesia K003927276 Yes
Furuse, M. [2802] Japan K003927113 Yes
Chen, L.M.J.; Koh, S.L.; Lim, W.H.; Ho, B.C.; Seah, W.W. [LCMJ2019-065] Singapore K003927123 Yes
Greenwood, W. Fiji K003927222 Yes
Flynn, T.; Lorence, D.; Jim, R.; Ragone, D.; Wiseman, J. Micronesia, Federated States of K003927267 Yes
Henderson, R.J. Australia K003927184 Yes
Stokes, A.M. K003927257 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Back, P. Australia K003927176 Yes
Adams, C.D.; Shafeeg, A. [14919] Maldives K003927119 Yes
Waterhouse, J.H.L. Solomon Islands K003927237 Yes
Stoddart, D.R. Australia K003927183 Yes
Thailand K000688145 Yes
Whistler, W.A. Samoa K003927242 Yes
Smith, A.C. Fiji K003927199 Yes
Iwatsuki, K.; Takasu, H.; Mitsuta, S.; Terao, H.; Fukuoka, N. [013] Japan K003927114 Yes
Blake, S.T. Australia K003927185 Yes
Hubbard, C.E.; Winders, C.W. Australia K003927192 Yes
Moseley K003927239 Yes
Tothill, J.D. Fiji K003927213 Yes
Buckley, R. Australia K003927180 Yes
Whistler, W.A.; Steele, O. K003927272 Yes
Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000885813 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blake, S.T. Australia K003927193 Yes
Tothill, J.D. Fiji K003927217 Yes
Henderson, R.J. Australia K003927195 Yes
Stoddart, D.R. Australia K003927178 Yes
s.coll. New Caledonia K003927250 Yes
Longman, H.A. Australia K003927197 Yes
Carpenter, T. [316] Maldives K003927120 Yes
Florence; Chepstov-Lusty; Waldren French Polynesia K003927273 Yes
Mckee, H.S. New Caledonia K003927251 Yes
Clarkson, J.R. Australia K003927181 Yes
Greenwood, W. Fiji K003927223 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Andrews, S.B. Australia K003927188 Yes
s.coll. Fiji K003927221 Yes
St. John, H.; Fosberg, F.R. New Zealand K003927258 Yes
s.coll. [1534] Taiwan K003927115 Yes
Whitney Expedition K003927260 Yes
Hubbard, C.E.; Winders, C.W. Australia K003927191 Yes
Sigee, D.C. [27] Maldives K003927121 Yes
Stoddart, D.R. Australia K003927177 Yes
Turbet, C.R. Fiji K003927200 Yes
Whistler, W.A. Samoa K003927245 Yes
Tothill, J.D. Fiji K003927218 Yes
Turbet, C.R. Fiji K003927224 Yes
s.coll. [CV3260] Sri Lanka K003927117 Yes
Stoddart, D.R. Australia K003927187 Yes
Hennecart, J. New Caledonia K003927253 Yes
Dransfield, S. Madagascar K003927279 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. K003927256 Yes
Tothill, J.D. Fiji K003927201 Yes
Leach, B.J. Solomon Islands K003927233 Yes
Florence French Polynesia K003927274 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] New Guinea K000885812 Unknown Type Material Yes
Beechey K003927227 Yes
Tothill, J.D. Fiji K003927206 Yes
Le Rat (M.); Le Rat (Mme) New Caledonia K003927259 Yes
Tothill, J.D. Fiji K003927219 Yes
Brown, R. [6145] Australia K000885810 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harvey, W.H. Tonga K003927241 Yes
Yasuda, K. [3118] Japan K003927112 Yes
Marcan, A. [2291] Thailand K000621042 Yes
Marcan, A. [2291] Thailand K000621041 Yes
Quayle, E.H. [236] French Polynesia K000885809 Type Yes
Soakai, E. Tonga K003927262 Yes
Stoddart, D.R. Australia K003927174 Yes
Furuse, M. [45180] Japan K003927111 Yes
Tothill, J.D. Fiji K003927211 Yes
Germain, M.R. New Caledonia K003927252 Yes
MacGillivray, J. K003927240 Yes
Christophersen, E.; Hume, E.P. Samoa K003927246 Yes
Whistler, W.A. Samoa K003927265 Yes
Stoddart, D.R. Australia K003927175 Yes
Raulerson, L. Guam K003927230 Yes
Specht, R.L. Australia K003927173 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [14101] Thailand K000621040 Yes
Stoddart, D.R. Australia K003927182 Yes
Tothill, J.D. Fiji K003927202 Yes
Whistler, W.A. Samoa K003927243 Yes
Cheeseman, T.F. New Zealand K003927235 Yes
Baumann-Bodenheim, M.G. New Caledonia K003927248 Yes
s.coll. K003927264 Yes
Tothill, J.D.; B.H.T. Fiji K003927207 Yes
Whistler, W.A. Samoa K003927244 Yes
Franc, I. New Caledonia K003927254 Yes
Stoddart, D.R. Australia K003927179 Yes
Smith, L.S. Australia K003927189 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. Madagascar K003927280 Yes
Tothill, J.D. Fiji K003927209 Yes
Soakai, E. Tonga K003927269 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. K003927228 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [11185] Thailand K000621039 Yes
Tothill, J.D. Fiji K003927210 Yes
Dallachy, J. [s.n.] Australia K000885814 Unknown Type Material Yes
Franc à nouméa New Caledonia K003927255 Yes
Baumann-Bodenheim, M.G. New Caledonia K003927249 Yes
[Ali Shafeeg] [SA011] Maldives K003927118 Yes
Tilden, J.E. K003927277 Yes
Collins, X.J. [950] Thailand K000688146 Yes
Wilford, C. K003927226 Yes
Florence French Polynesia K003927275 Yes
s.coll. [197] Australia K000885811 Type Yes
Vaupel, F. Samoa K003927247 Yes
McDonald, T.J.; Batianoff, G.N. Australia K003927186 Yes
Sachet, M.-H. K003927229 Yes
Lorence, D.H.; Flynn, T.; Ragone, D.; Wiseman, J.; Toribiang, M.; Leeman Palau K003927225 Yes
Tothill, J.D. Fiji K003927214 Yes
Blake, S.T. Australia K003927196 Yes
s.coll. K003927220 Yes
Brass, L.J. Solomon Islands K003927234 Yes
Tothill, J.D. Fiji K003927205 Yes
Tilden, J.E. K003927270 Yes
Tothill, J.D. Fiji K003927216 Yes
Tryon, H. Australia K003927194 Yes
Whistler, W.A.; Steele, O. K003927271 Yes
Soakai, E. Tonga K003927266 Yes
Tothill, J.D. Fiji K003927215 Yes
Kurz, S. [25980] K003927122 Yes
Ryves, T.B. [KS95/1003] Thailand K000688147 Yes
Veillon, J.M. K003927232 Yes
Brass, L.J. Australia K003927198 Yes
Alston, A.H.G. [2357] Sri Lanka K003927116 Yes
Tothill, J.D. Fiji K003927204 Yes
Crosby, C.S. Tonga K003927238 Yes
Wood, K.R. Tonga K003927268 Yes
McDonald, T.J.; Batianoff, G.N. Australia K003927190 Yes
Soakai, E. Tonga K003927261 Yes
Tothill, J.D. Fiji K003927212 Yes
Perrier, H.; De la Bathie Madagascar K003927278 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [9285] Thailand K000621038 Yes
Tothill, J.D. Fiji K003927208 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [9222] Philippines Panicum sarmentosum K003369170 No
Merrill, E.D. [9354] Philippines Panicum sarmentosum K003369166 No
Merrill, E.D.; Kneucker, A. [s.n.] Philippines Panicum sarmentosum K003369168 No
Merrill, E.D. [1608] Philippines Panicum sarmentosum K003369165 No
Stone; Reynoso; Sagcal [439] Philippines Panicum sarmentosum K003369164 No
Williams, R.S. [217] Philippines Panicum sarmentosum K003369169 No
Merrill, E.D. [512] Philippines Panicum sarmentosum K003369167 No
Sulit, M.D.; Conklin, H.C. [s.n.] Philippines Panicum sarmentosum K003369171 No
Reynoso; Sagcal; Fuentes [17362] Philippines Panicum sarmentosum K003369163 No

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